Surname: HANECHE
First name: Mohammed
Date & Place of Birth: October 10, 1953, Algiers, Algeria
Married with two children
Education and qualification :
1973-1977 : Graduated from the National School of Administration (Diplomatic Section)
Career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
July 1977 : Joined the Ministry as Secretary of Foreign Affairs
1979-1982 : Head of Desk at the Western Europe-North America Division
1982-1987 : First Secretary then Counselor at the Embassy of Algeria in Ottawa, Canada
1988-1989 : Deputy Director in charge of Media and Press at the Ministry (DRI)
1989-1991 : CES (in charge of Studies and Summary) at the Minister’s Cabinet
1991-1993 : Ambassador of Algeria to the Sultanate of Oman (Mascate)
1993-1994 : Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1994-2000 : Ambassador of Algeria to the Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn/Berlin)
October 2000-August 2001: Ambassador-Counselor at the Minister’s Cabinet
August 2001- October 2005: Director General for Europe
November 2005 – February 2016: Ambassador of Algeria to Spain (Madrid)
March 2016: Ambassador-Counselor at the Minister’s Cabinet
July 2017 -December 2020 : Director General for Europe
December 2020-July 2022 : Ambassador of Algeria to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Head of Mission to the European Union and NATO.
Mr. HANECHE took part in a large number of regional and international conferences and chaired Algerian delegations to several international meetings, notably the Ministerial Conferences of Organization of African Unity (OUA), African Union and the League of Arab States.
He has been the national coordinator for the Barcelona Euro-Mediterranean process and NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue (2001-2005) and in this capacity took part in all the Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conferences as well as at the first Barcelona Summit
Work languages : Arabic, French, English, Spanish and German (medium level)
Decoration : Mr. HANECHE is holder of the Great Cross of National Merit of Spain.
May 9, 2023 at the The Hay-Adams Hotel